2-Methylcumarone Chemical Properties

Melting point:

161 °C

Boiling point:

197-198 °C (lit.)

Density 

1.057 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

FEMA 

4543 | 2-METHYLBENZOFURAN

refractive index 

n20/D 1.560(lit.)

Flash point:

154 °F

storage temp. 

under inert gas (nitrogen or Argon) at 2-8°C

form 

Liquid

color 

Colorless to light yellow

Odor

at 0.10?%?in?propylene glycol. burnt phenolic

JECFA Number

2105

BRN 

2165

InChIKey

GBGPVUAOTCNZPT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

LogP

3.45

CAS DataBase Reference

4265-25-2

Safety Information

Safety Statements 

23-24/25

WGK Germany 

3

HS Code 

29329990

MSDS

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2-Methylcumarone Usage And Synthesis

Definition

2-Methylcumarone is a member of benzofurans.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 73, p. 4400, 1951 DOI: 10.1021/ja01153a106
Tetrahedron Letters, 14, p. 739, 1973

General Description

2-Methylbenzofuran has been quantitated in water sample by the headspace solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS).

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